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Sunday, 20 September 2015

Review: Unhinged by Tempest C. Avery

Book: Unhinged,
Tempest C. Avery

Series: Underworld #1

Publisher: Smashwords Edition

Release Date: April 6th, 2013

Spencer Perry lost everything the day her boyfriend died. Even when he came back as a ghost, she was never able to return to her old self. Determined to find a way to bring both of them back--him from the dead and her from her depression--Spencer hops a ride with a Reaper across the river to the Underworld where she meets the god of the dead. Hadrian isn't what she expected Hades to be like, but when he agrees to a deal that can get her Micah back, she puts all caution aside and accepts. Too bad she didn't realize that she'd also just accepted a lot more than one gorgeous yet frustrating god. Bad things are happening all around her, and now she not only has to worry about keeping Micah's ghost status a secret from their friends, but also figure out who's behind all of the accidents. All signs point towards Hadrian, but something about that just doesn't feel right to her. Something that she hopes has nothing to do with her growing attraction towards him.

Rating: 4 stars

*I was given this book in exchange for an honest
review*

I love
reading retellings of fairytales, or a much loved tale taken in a different
direction. This also goes for Greek myths. I’ve already read a few different
retellings involving the Greek gods (such as Jennifer L Armentrout’s Covenant
series, or Meg Cabot’s Abandon trilogy), so I was excited to see how Avery would
take the popular tale of Hades and Persephone and turn it into an original and
interesting story. And I have to say, I loved the way she put her own spin on
it! She gives the characters different names (such as Hades being called
Hadrian) and gives the myth a unique twist.

Our heroine
is Spencer. After losing her boyfriend and love of her life, Micah, in an
accident a few months ago, Spencer struggles to find a reason to get up in the
morning. It doesn’t help that she still sees Micah’s ghost in her room all the
time, giving her even less reason to leave the safety of her cave. Then, after
a class on the myth of Hades and Persephone and the Underworld in school,
Spencer has the bright idea of travelling to the Underworld to ask Hades to
bring Micah back to life. Simple, right? Of course not! After meeting Hades
(who turns out to be called Hadrian), he offers her a deal. Stay with him for
six months, and he’ll bring Micah back. But instead of staying six months in
the Underworld, Spencer spends 12 hours a day for a year, every night. And Spencer,
only thinking about getting Micah back, agrees to this without really thinking it
through.

And so
the rest of the story is about Spencer’s growing friendship with Hadrian,
learning more about the world of the Gods and trying to get back into her life
after Micah’s death.

To be
quite honest, Spencer annoyed the crap out of me. She wanted to have everything
and was willing to do whatever it took to get it, not caring who might get hurt
in the process. Thankfully she does grow by the end and learns about the price
of having everything, but it was quite painful there for a while. She kept
trying to pick fights with Hadrian and continually assumed the worst of him, so
half the time she was with him she picked a fight that made him send her away. And
yet, some of their scenes together just made me melt.

Hadrian
has spent centuries alone, learning not to care about lowly little mortals. Yet
there was something about Spencer that allowed him to open up his heart to let
her in. You can tell he was just lonely, all by himself in that giant castle. Then
there’s Micah, Spencer’s first boyfriend. His love for Spencer allowed him to
stay above ground, even though they can’t touch whenever they’re together. He’s
the good guy in this love triangle, the one who gets Spencer completely and
whom she knows better than herself. There was a development in the end of this
book that will make the situation between the three of them quite interesting
in the second book. Even though I hate love triangles, I am hoping to the
bottom of my soul that this won’t make me bang my head against the wall. Some authors
are able to get them right. Please let this one be right!

I would
recommend this book to those who love retellings, and have a fascination with
Greek myths. If you enjoyed JLA’s Covenant series you might get a kick out of
this. It’s a great take, and I can’t wait to get my hands on the sequel!

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